“I think that for the past several years I have tried to do my best for the folks in the district and attend as many events as possible,” Gobi said at her victory part at the Spencer Fish and Game Club Tuesday night.

“People know I am on the ground. They know they can call me. I make house calls too.” she said.

On a night when returns showed Republicans doing well in parts of her central Massachusetts district, Gobi, a Democrat, said, “I think I have been accessible and I do the job.”

She promised to work hard in her next term to help create jobs and improve the economy.

Over the next few weeks she said she will be working on several issues related to military veterans.

Josephson, Gobi’s Republican opponent, campaigned on a platform of reducing the size of state and federal government and bringing more power back to communities.

Gobi said that as she campaigned this year she was aware that many voters are angry.

“Obviously, there was no question that there was a level of voter anger. I very much understood. that. but you have to keep doing your job,” she said.

Gobi has represented the 5th Worcester District since 2001.

The district includes Barre, Brookfield, Hardwick, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Petersham, Phillipston, Spencer, Templeton, Ware and West Brookfield.